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357:, of the need to carry out political, social, and economic reforms in Shanxi. Although Jiang ultimately failed to convince Yan to follow Jiang's suggestions for reform at that time, Jiang's ideas left a great and lasting impression on Yan. Over the next two decades, Yan would adopt ideas and methods that were very similar to those proposed by Jiang. Particular ideas that Yan may have borrowed from Jiang include the glorification of the village, a dislike for the money economy, a belief that the state must take over responsibilities previously held by the family, his hatred of "parasites" (mostly landlords and money-lenders), and the belief that practice (i.e. manual labour) is an inseparable component of learning. 386:, and other humble persons constituted the vast majority of the Chinese population, they were "certainly not representative of the Chinese people." In 1933, Jiang returned to China and devoted himself to promoting socialism and traditional Chinese culture. In 1935, Jiang again visited Taiyuan, after Yan Xishan announced plans to implement a system of land reform in Shanxi. Jiang's impression of Yan at this time was so great that Jiang wrote an article lavishing praise on Yan, calling the warlord a "practical rather than a theoretical socialist." 652: 238: 301:, and the two struck up a long lasting friendship based on their love of poetry. Bynner later recalled him as a "gentle scholar" and a "man of principle and brave action." Jiang's off-handed quotations from Chinese literature and poetry led to a collaboration on a translation of the canonical anthology, 341:
abolished the public ownership of land (which Jiang identified with contemporary practices of land tenureship). Jiang promoted the abolition of private property, a model of rapid industrialization led by the state, as much local self-government as possible, the establishment of universal public
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Throughout his life, Jiang continued to promote his views through his personal contacts, through his academic work, and through his writing. When he no longer found the doctrines of anarchism persuasive, he conducted an extensive public debate with anarchist intellectuals such as
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which clarified their points of difference. His views influenced contemporary Chinese who later became major political figures in China. After he became estranged from them, Chinese anarchists accused Jiang of being "hopelessly confused." This confusion was not apparent to
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Through his views, Jiang came to be known as a "Socialistic Confucian". Jiang attempted to provide a traditional sanction for nationalizing agriculture by arguing that in antiquity there had existed an agrarian socialist utopia built around the
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in March 1942, served as Minister of Personnel, and reopened the Southern University he had previously operated. Despite his position within the government, he remained critical of its policies, particularly on the issue of food supply.
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appointed Jiang as Canada's first Professor of Chinese Studies in 1930. During his three-year tenure at McGill, Jiang gained international notoriety through attacking
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party in China, which existed from 1911 to 1913. As his politics became more conservative, he founded Southern University in Shanghai, taught at
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Jonathan Henshaw, "Kiang Kang-hu, Starvation is a Serious Problem," In Jonathan Henshaw, Craig A. Smith and Norman Smith, eds.
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Hsu Kwan-san (December 1979). "The Biographies of Eminent Chinese in the Republic of China (Minkuo Jen-wu Chuan)".
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located his personal 110,000-volume classical Chinese library collection to Montreal in 1926,
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while studying and traveling in Europe and Japan. In 1909 he attended the congress of the
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Translating the Occupation: the Japanese Invasion of China, 1931-1945.
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While teaching at Berkeley, Jiang met a fellow faculty member,
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Prisoners and detainees of the People's Republic of China
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Biographical Dictionary of Republican China Volume I
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Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield. 547:Bynner, "Remembering a Gentle Scholar," 504: 408:Reorganized National Government of China 236: 222:Reorganized National Government of China 810:Prisoners who died in Chinese detention 716: 452: 290:Jiang served briefly as a professor at 286:Early political and literary activities 157: 742: 382:. Jiang wrote that although peasants, 815:20th-century deaths from tuberculosis 687: 677:The Biographies of Republican Figures 535: 458: 840:Imperial University of Peking alumni 424:), asserting the establishment of a 785:Academic staff of Peking University 780:Academic staff of McGill University 428:. Jiang was appointed Chief of the 13: 805:Presidents of the Examination Yuan 673:Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 327: 210:University of California, Berkeley 177:. His former name was "Shaoquan" ( 14: 851: 220:he joined the Japanese-sponsored 830:20th-century Chinese translators 691:Shifu, Soul of Chinese Anarchism 650: 501:(New York: Norton: 1999), p.260. 390:Collaboration with Wang Jingwei 646:References and further reading 627:(Vancouver: UBC Press, 2021) 617: 593: 570: 541: 491: 147: 1: 663:"Jiang Kanghu," Ceng Yeying ( 406:to take a position in Wang's 232: 835:Tuberculosis deaths in China 671:Institute of Modern History 420: 402:. In 1939 he was invited by 398:broke out, Jiang escaped to 241:Jiang Kanghu as pictured in 227: 185: 179: 7: 360:As American philanthropist 10: 856: 18: 750:Politicians from Shangrao 688:Krebs, Edward S. 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Chinese name
family name
Jiang (江)

Yiyang
Jiangxi
Shanghai
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pinyin
Wade–Giles
Hepburn
Republic of China
anarchism
Socialist Party of China
anarchist
socialist
University of California, Berkeley
McGill University
Second Sino-Japanese War
Reorganized National Government of China

The Most Recent Biographies of Chinese Dignitaries
Yiyang
Jiangxi
China
socialism
anarchism

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